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JOHN STEUART CURRY | UNTITLED (TOUCHDOWN HERO)
Auction Closed
June 26, 03:10 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
JOHN STEUART CURRY
1897 - 1946
UNTITLED (TOUCHDOWN HERO)
signed with initials JSC (lower right)
charcoal and conté crayon on paper laid down on paperboard
image: 20 ½ by 15 ¼ inches (52.1 by 38.7 cm)
sheet: 24 ½ by 19 ¼ inches (61.5 by 48.9 cm)
Executed in 1940.
The artist
Private collection, Madison, Wisconsin, 1941 (gift from the above)
By descent to the present owner, 2007
This work is one of five drawings John Steuart Curry executed for the 1941 University of Wisconsin, Madison yearbook. Curry served as an artist-in-residence at the university between 1936 and 1946.